00:00Human rights is the sum of our rights and responsibilities.
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00:09Knowledge is power.
00:11Information is liberating.
00:14Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
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00:24We may not be able to solve all our problems at once,
00:27but let us tackle those we can.
00:30With courage and determination.
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00:36Diplomacy is the art of conveying the unpleasant truth in a pleasant way.
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00:45To live is to choose.
00:48But by choosing we become free.
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00:55Education is the great engine of personal development and the bedrock of all societies.
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01:05There is no illusion greater than the illusion of certainty.
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01:14Let us not be discouraged by the magnitude of the task.
01:18Let us be energized by the importance of the goal.
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01:27For many of us, the past was a different country.
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01:35Too often we judge people by their opinions rather than by their achievements.
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01:44We must embrace the idea that we are all connected.
01:48That our fates are intertwined.
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01:55There is no more important task for us than to prepare our children for the world of tomorrow.
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02:06If we are to avoid being swept away by the tide of globalization, we must learn to swim with it.
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02:16We need to move from an international system based on anarchy to one based on the rule of law.
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02:27Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice.
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02:36The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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02:46You don't get into diplomacy to make friends.
02:50You get into diplomacy to get things done.
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02:58The world is not going to be saved by diplomats alone.
03:02It is going to be saved by the people.
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03:10Let us choose hope over fear.
03:13Let us choose action over inaction.
03:16Let us choose our collective future over our individual past.
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03:25When the powerful pray on the weak, you must stand up and be their voice.
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